5 Active Batsmen With The Highest First-Class Average

Batsmen in cricket are mostly judged based on their average — and it has been something that hasn’t changed for a long time in all three formats in international cricket. Generally, the average for a batsman is calculated by dividing the number of matches by the number of runs.

A slight change comes in when the batsmen remain unbeaten as it adds up to the number of runs tally but is considered to be continuing until he gets out dismissed in the future. Don Bradman holds the all-time record for the highest first-class average of 95.14 in 234 matches. Here are the 5 five active batsmen with the highest first-class average.

5 Active Batsmen With The Highest First Class Average:

Virat Kohli:

Virat Kohli stands fifth in the list of active batsmen with the highest first-class average and he has an average of 53.74 in his first-class career. Kohli is considered to be one of the batsmen in the world and the Indian skipper is very consistent in international cricket when it comes to run-scoring.

Kohli has scored 9567 runs in his first-class career in 195 innings and he is expected to break a lot of records when he finishes his career. Kohli averages more than 50 in international cricket in all three formats and he is a match-winner with the bat when it comes to chasing down scores.

Rohit Sharma:

Rohit Sharma stands fourth in the list of active batsmen with the highest first-class average and he has an average of 55.32 in his first-class career. Rohit Sharma is a prolific run-scorer at the top of the order for India and he is one of the best openers going around in the world at the moment.

Rohit has scored 7247 runs in 147 innings in his first-class career and he holds the record for the highest individual score with the unbeaten 264 against Sri Lanka. He has done wonders for India already in the limited-overs format is starting to prove his reins in test cricket too.

Fawad Alam:

Fawad Alam stands third in the list of active batsmen with the highest first-class average and he has an average of 56.34 in his first-class career. The Pakistan left-hander has always been scoring tons of runs in domestic cricket and he finally returned to the national side last year.

Ever since his return, he has been phenomenal and his first-class records were amazing with 12903 runs in 274 innings. He has become an important asset in the Pakistan middle order in Test cricket and his unusual stance and batting technique have been really effective.

Hanuma Vihari:

Hanuma Vihari stands second in the list of active batsmen with the highest first-class average and he has an average of 56.75 in first-class cricket. Vihari played an important role for India at number six in the few tests he played in the World Test Championship and he brought up his maiden hundred in West Indies two years back.

Vihari was a consistent run-scorer in domestic cricket and he kept knocking on the doors of the selectors with 7094 runs in 144 test innings. His famous partnership alongside Ravichandran Ashwin in the Sydney test to save the nation from a  defeat will go down as one of his best efforts for the country.

Steve Smith:

Steve Smith holds the record for the highest average in first-class cricket in the list of active batsmen and the former Australian captain had an average of 57.51. Smith is already one of the best test players in the world, and he averages nearly 62 in test cricket. He is currently the second-ranked batsman in ICC test rankings.

Smith has scored 12020 runs in 236 innings at an average of 57.51 and he was different from others by batting for long hours. He started as a leg spinner and later went on to become one of the greatest Australian players of all time in test cricket with some amazing numbers.